Blocked gutters and downpipes cleared across Maidstone and the surrounding villages. Everything done from the ground.
We’re based in Ashford and out in Maidstone most weeks, so a blocked gutter is usually a quick job rather than a scheduling problem.
Most people call us because they’ve spotted water spilling over the front edge of the gutter in heavy rain, or a green stain running down the render below a joint. Both mean the same thing: the water isn’t getting to the downpipe and it’s going down the wall instead.
Everything is done from ground level using a high reach vacuum system, so nothing leans against your guttering, your fascias or your conservatory roof. You can read more about how we clear gutters on our main gutter cleaning page.
Gutter Cleaning
What fills a gutter in Tovil isn't what fills one in Grove Green.
The older streets around the town centre and out towards Tovil and Loose are heavily tree-lined. The mature limes and sycamores there drop enough leaf litter to block a run in a single autumn, and it compacts down into a solid mat rather than washing through.
Out on the newer estates at Grove Green, Weavering and Vinters Park the trees are younger and the problem is different. Shallower modern roof pitches mean water moves more slowly off the tiles, so silt and moss granules settle in the gutter instead of being carried to the downpipe.
The 1930s semis around Penenden Heath and Allington tend to show the problem in the fascia boards first, since the overflow runs straight down behind them.
A blocked gutter is the cheapest problem on your house to fix and one of the most expensive to ignore.
Water that can’t drain away runs down the wall. On the Victorian and Edwardian terraces around the town centre that means saturated brickwork and, eventually, damp showing through inside. On the interwar housing it usually rots the fascia board first, which is a replacement job rather than a cleaning one.
Most properties want doing once a year, and the autumn clear is the important one. If you’ve got trees overhanging the roof, and plenty of Maidstone does, a second clear in spring stops the debris compacting over the summer.
Most people call us after they've noticed one of these.
If you’ve spotted any of them, it’s worth getting looked at before winter rather than after. We’ll tell you what we find, including anything that needs attention beyond a clean, such as splits, sagging sections or loose brackets.
Where we cover
Bearsted, Penenden Heath, Allington, Barming, Grove Green, Weavering, Vinters Park, Tovil, Loose, Coxheath, Boughton Monchelsea, Shepway, Detling and Harrietsham, plus Aylesford and the villages out along the Medway.
We also work right across the rest of Kent, including Ashford, Medway, Canterbury, Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks, Folkestone, Dartford and Gravesend.
Not sure if we come out your way? Give us a call and we’ll tell you straight away.
We also cover Tonbridge, Dover, Deal and everywhere in between.
Gutter Cleaning
The things people ask most before booking.
Tell us what needs cleaning and we’ll come and look at it. No charge, no obligation, and a fixed price in writing before anything starts.
Price depends on the size of the property and how much guttering there is, but a standard three-bed semi is usually the starting point. We'll give you a fixed written quote before any work starts, and there's no charge for coming out to look.
Usually yes, since the vacuum works from the ground and we need to reach the back of the property. You don't need to be in, as long as we can get round. Just let us know about gates, dogs or anything else we should be aware of.
Once a year suits most properties. If you've got trees overhanging the roof, which a lot of Maidstone homes do, twice a year is more realistic. Late autumn once the leaves are down is the most important one.
No. Everything is done from ground level using a high reach vacuum system. It's safer for our team and it means nothing is resting against your guttering, fascias or conservatory roof.
Yes. As well as the town itself we're regularly out in Bearsted, Coxheath, Boughton Monchelsea, Detling, Harrietsham and Aylesford, plus the villages along the Medway. If you're not sure, just ask.
